| Polar Bear Killed After Attacking Cruise Ship Worker In Arctic Posted: 29 Jul 2018 12:40 AM PDT  A polar bear was killed on Saturday after it attacked a bear guard leading
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| Trump Again Threatens To Shut Down His Own Government Over Wall Funding Posted: 29 Jul 2018 07:19 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Sunday embraced shutting down the federal government
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| At Least 3 Dead, Several Injured In New Orleans Shooting Attack Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:41 AM PDT  A manhunt is underway in New Orleans for two suspects who police say fired
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| Woman Killed Alongside Her Great-Grandchildren in California Wildfire Posted: 29 Jul 2018 06:15 AM PDT  The death toll from the growing blaze has reached 5, authorities said Saturday.
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| Zimbabwe rivals promise victory in pitch for votes at final election rallies Posted: 28 Jul 2018 11:42 PM PDT  By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his rival Nelson Chamisa held final election rallies on Saturday and both vowed to rebuild an economy shattered by Robert Mugabe's long rule. Monday's vote is the first since Mugabe was forced to step down in November after a de facto coup and, as such, is a major national test. The run-up to the presidential and parliamentary election has been peaceful compared to previous polls but there are reports of intimidation and coercion in rural constituencies, and state media is biased towards the ruling ZANU–PF party.
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| Lawmakers trying to stop the production of 3-D-printed guns. But it might be too late Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:58 AM PDT  US gun safety campaigners have expressed their anger over Congress' failure to regulate the manufacture of 3-D printed guns. Following a multi-year legal battle, the federal government last month entered into a settlement with Defense Distributed founder, Cody Wilson. Mr Wilson rose to fame after manufacturing the the first fully 3-D printed pistol in 2013, when he was just 25.
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| CBS titan Moonves accused of sexual misconduct Posted: 27 Jul 2018 08:02 PM PDT  A bombshell article published in The New Yorker on Friday accused CBS chairman and chief executive, Leslie Moonves, of sexual misconduct stretching back decades and painted a broader picture of similar behavior within America's most watched television network. The article makes Moonves, a distinguished executive who transformed CBS into a ratings winner, one of the most powerful American men implicated in the #MeToo era that ignited last year after the career implosion of Harvey Weinstein. Six women who had professional dealings with Moonves told the magazine that he sexually harassed them between the 1980s and late 2000s.
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| Thousands bury 11-year-old, 2 others killed by Israeli fire Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:18 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands attended funerals Saturday of three Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in a border protest a day earlier, including an 11-year-old, a 17-year-old and a man on crutches.
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| No, Bachelor Parties Are Not Why Millennials Can't Afford Houses Posted: 28 Jul 2018 04:48 PM PDT  "Study: Bachelor, bachelorette parties are why millennials can't afford
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| Congress For $400: This House Minority Leader Played Guest Host On 'Jeopardy' Posted: 27 Jul 2018 09:45 PM PDT  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will never be a threat to Alex
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| Judge urges U.S. to focus on reuniting deported parents with children Posted: 27 Jul 2018 08:49 PM PDT ![Judge urges U.S. to focus on reuniting deported parents with children]( "Judge urges U.S. to focus on reuniting deported parents with children") By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A judge on Friday urged the U.S. government to focus on finding deported immigrant parents so it could reunite them with their children who remain in the United States following separation by officials at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months. The government had declared it had met a court-ordered deadline to reunite families separated during the Trump administration's "zero tolerance policy" aimed at discouraging illegal immigration. U.S. Judge Dana Sabraw said at a court hearing in San Diego the government deserved credit for the 1,820 children released from custody to a parent or sponsor.
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| Hun Sen: Cambodia's shape-shifting strongman leader Posted: 28 Jul 2018 07:44 PM PDT  Cambodian leader Hun Sen has outlasted the murderous Khmer Rouge, sidelined the monarchy and crushed his opponents in a 33-year rule defined by patronage, political agility and repression and set to be prolonged by Sunday's election. Hun Sen is part of a small coterie of world leaders to hold power for three decades, adapting to the shifting political landscape in the poor Southeast Asian country since the Cold War. In his final campaign speech days before the poll, Hun Sen was in typically bombastic form, bragging about the legal action to "eliminate traitors who attempted to topple the government".
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| Giuliani: 180 tapes seized from Cohen but Trump only speaks on one Posted: 29 Jul 2018 10:28 AM PDT  Approximately 180 secret recordings were seized by investigators from Donald Trump's former legal fixer Michael Cohen, the president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani suggested on Sunday. Giuliani claimed that a tape given to the media by Cohen last week was the only one to feature remarks by Trump. "We know of something like 183 unique conversations on tape," Giuliani said, on CBS's Face the Nation.
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| MoviePass Ran Out Of Money, Couldn't Afford To Buy Tickets For Its Users Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:28 PM PDT  The movie theater ticket app MoviePass suffered an outage Thursday when its
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| 'Erratic' winds, dry conditions fuel deadly California fires Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:07 PM PDT  Around 12,000 firefighters battled Sunday to contain wildfires in California that have killed six people -- but authorities warned "erratic" winds and dry conditions have caused the flames to grow and spread. "Very hot and dry conditions will continue over the West coast states through Sunday," the National Weather Service said early Sunday.
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| Vatican meets #MeToo: Nuns denounce their abuse by priests Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:36 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The nun no longer goes to confession regularly, after an Italian priest forced himself on her while she was at her most vulnerable: recounting her sins to him in a university classroom nearly 20 years ago.
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| How Green Are Electric Lawn Mowers? Posted: 28 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  The performance of electric mowers has improved dramatically over the course of the decade that Consumer Reports has been testing them. And this year is no different. From the $500 Ego LM2101 pus...
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| India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia Posted: 28 Jul 2018 10:35 AM PDT ![India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia]( "India says hopes new Pakistan government will work for terror-free South Asia") India on Saturday said it hoped the new government of Pakistan would "work constructively" to end militancy in South Asia, in its first comments following this week's general election in Pakistan. Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, who won the disputed election, has called for better ties with India. "We hope that the new government of Pakistan will work constructively to build a safe, stable, secure and developed South Asia free of terror and violence," India's foreign affairs ministry said in a statement.
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| In Rare Interview, Charles Koch Suggests Political Spending May Dip Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:22 PM PDT  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ― Charles Koch, the libertarian megadonor who leads a
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| Erdogan: Turkey will stand its ground faced with U.S. sanctions - media Posted: 28 Jul 2018 04:07 PM PDT  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will stand its ground after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap sanctions on Ankara if it does not free an American pastor, broadcaster Haberturk reported on Sunday. The United States would be losing a strong and sincere partner if it does not change this attitude, Erdogan was quoted as saying by TRT Haber and other media. Andrew Brunson, who was transferred to house arrest this week after 21 months of detention in a Turkish prison, has worked in Turkey for more than two decades. ...
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| Sanctuary City Philadelphia to Limit Cooperation with ICE Posted: 28 Jul 2018 09:03 AM PDT  Federal officials said the decision puts U.S. citizens in danger
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| EU trying to 'swindle' UK in Brexit talks: report Posted: 29 Jul 2018 02:28 AM PDT  Italy's far right deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has accused the European Union of attempting to "swindle" the United Kingdom out of the Brexit people voted for in the landmark 2016 referendum, The Sunday Times reported. "My experience in the European parliament tells me you either impose yourself or they swindle you", Salvini told the weekly as he urged prime minister Theresa May to take a harder stance in negotiations to sever ties with the trading bloc. May and her ministers are scrambling to forge agreements with each of the EU's 27 member states after a week which saw her already fragile "Chequers plan" for Brexit knocked back by Brussels chief negotiator Michel Barnier.
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| Strong quake kills 14, injures scores, on Indonesia holiday island Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:08 AM PDT  A powerful earthquake which struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday killed at least 14 people, injured scores and damaged thousands of homes, officials said. Five children were among those killed by the shallow 6.4-magnitude early-morning quake, which sent people running outside in panic and triggered landslides on popular mountain hiking routes. Scores of aftershocks sparked fear among survivors.
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| Two Rare Bugatti Veyrons Come Up For Sale Posted: 28 Jul 2018 12:04 AM PDT  Extra-special versions of an already incredible car.
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| What To Watch On Amazon Prime That’s New This Week Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:03 AM PDT  Streamline recommends "The Americans" as the thing you should watch on Amazon
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| Best Dishwashers for $1,000 and Up Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  You don't have to spend $1,000 to get a really good dishwasher. But if you want a top-performer that's very quiet and stylish, you'll find the most number of options above this threshold. Dishwas...
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| No mystery to Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh's gun views Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:46 PM PDT  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he recognizes that gun, drug and gang violence "has plagued all of us." Still, he believes the Constitution limits how far government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime.
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| US midterms set to be most expensive ever as advertising sales pass $1bn mark Posted: 28 Jul 2018 03:21 PM PDT  The 2018 US elections are expected to be the most expensive midterms in history as advertising passes the $1bn (£760m) mark just 100 days before the election. Campaigns, political parties, and outside groups have purchased television advertising months before the November ballot casting which is hotly contested in several districts and states as Republicans hold a slim majority. The 2014 midterm elections hold the existing title as the most expensive, when candidates spent a collective $3.8bn in an effort to gain votes.
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| Donald Trump Jr. And Robert Mueller's Close Airport Encounter Is Now A Meme Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:10 AM PDT  Donald Trump Jr. was captured on camera waiting for a flight near the same
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| Former Milosevic defense lawyer killed in Belgrade Posted: 28 Jul 2018 01:52 PM PDT  A prominent Belgrade lawyer who in the past helped to defend late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic was shot dead, gangland-style, in front of his home on Saturday, police said. Dragoslav Ognjanovic, 57, was gunned down in front of his apartment building in the Novi Beograd neighborhood and his 26-year-old son was wounded in the right arm, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. As a prominent criminal lawyer, Ognjanovic served in the early 2000s on a legal team that helped to defend Milosevic at his war crimes trial before the U.N. tribunal for former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
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| Thousands of Russians protest against pension age hike Posted: 28 Jul 2018 04:26 AM PDT  Tens of thousands of Russians took part Saturday in rallies across the country organised by Communists to protest against highly controversial plans to hike the pension age. In Moscow, organisers said up to 100,000 people gathered for a permitted rally against the government-backed reform, which is currently going through parliament. Protests took place in dozens of cities and towns in far eastern Russia, Siberia and western Russia.
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| Seventeen missing as deadly California wildfire spreads: official Posted: 28 Jul 2018 02:05 PM PDT  By Alexandria Sage REDDING, Calif. (Reuters) - Seventeen people were missing on Saturday as a monster wildfire in Northern California spread after killing two firefighters, destroying hundreds of buildings and sending tens of thousands of frantic residents fleeing from their homes. More than 38,000 people in Redding and elsewhere in Shasta County have been ordered to leave their homes from the 80,900-acre (32,740-hectare) Carr Fire, which has destroyed at least 500 homes and businesses. Some 3,400 firefighters on the ground and in 17 helicopters were battling the fire, which was just 5 percent contained as it ripped through Redding, a city of 90,000 people, in California's scenic Shasta-Trinity area.
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| Iran's rial hits record-low 100,000 to the dollar Posted: 29 Jul 2018 01:48 AM PDT  Iran's currency hit a record low on Sunday of 100,000 rials to the dollar amid a deepening economic crisis and the imminent return of full US sanctions. The rial has lost half its value against the dollar in just four months, having broken through the 50,000-mark for the first time in March.
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| New Ford Fiesta ST Drag Races The Old One Posted: 29 Jul 2018 11:00 AM PDT  Three-cylinder 1.5-liter versus four-pot 1.6-liter – who you got on this one?
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| Honda vs. Toro: Who Makes the Best Push Mower? Posted: 29 Jul 2018 03:01 AM PDT  Cub Cadet relinquished its long-held grip on the top slot in Consumer Reports' ratings for gas push mowers this year, yielding ground to both Honda and Toro. Models from these two well-establishe...
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| Somali leader makes 1st visit to Eritrea in diplomatic thaw Posted: 28 Jul 2018 06:59 AM PDT  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Another diplomatic thaw was underway Saturday in the restless Horn of Africa region as Somalia's president visited Eritrea for the first time and years of tensions gave way to an embrace.
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| New dolphin-whale hybrid sea creature is the spawn of an unholy union Posted: 28 Jul 2018 02:52 PM PDT  While surveying whales and dolphins off the Hawaiian Islands, scientists spotted a creature they've never seen before: a peculiar hybrid between a dolphin and a small whale. In 2017, before future naval officers trained on submarines in the waters around Kauai — a place called the Pacific Missile Range Facility — the U.S. Navy hired marine researchers from the Cascadia Research Collective to study the native animals in these seas. After encountering a large pod of melon-headed whales, the researchers tagged two of them, to see where they might go. It was then that the researchers noticed something curious about one of the creatures. It wasn't quite a melon-headed whale. Nor was it exactly a rough-toothed dolphin, which are common to the area. They collected some tissue from the animal, and after returning to shore and performing genetic testing, discovered it wasn't either species, but both. SEE ALSO: Iceland gets away with killing dozens of huge, endangered whales. Here's why. Melon-headed whales swimming in tropical waters (not hybrids).Image: NoaaThe hybrid was especially rare because of its melon-headed genes: The toothed-whales are rarely seen in these Hawaiian waters, the researchers wrote. Both species belong to the Delphinidae (oceanic dolphin) family, but the report notes that cross-species unions between them are unusual: It's only the third recorded example in the Delphinidae family, and the first between these two species. The hybrid, however strange, certainly wasn't treated as an outcast. The marine scientists tagged the hybrid with satellite tracking GPS, along with a companion, to see where they might go. And it appears they stayed together, travelling some 475 miles over eight days, and diving thousands of feet beneath the surface. WATCH: Ever wonder how the universe might end?
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| Mike Pence Defends White House Banning CNN Reporter From Press Event Posted: 29 Jul 2018 10:39 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence stood by the White House's decision to ban a CNN
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| Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official Posted: 28 Jul 2018 08:51 PM PDT ![Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official]( "Five dead, including gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official") (Reuters) - Five people were shot dead, including the suspected gunman, in a Friday night attack at a Texas nursing home and the home of one of the people slain, city officials said. Police in Robstown, Texas, outside Corpus Christi, responded to reports of an active shooter at a nursing home about 7 p.m. local time (midnight GMT), where they found two men and a woman dead, said Herman Rodriguez, city secretary, in a video interview with the Caller Times of Corpus Christi.
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| Israel to build new settler homes after deadly knife attack Posted: 27 Jul 2018 07:55 PM PDT  Israel is to build hundreds of new homes in a settlement in the occupied West Bank where a Palestinian stabbed three Israelis, one fatally, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday. The announcement came as two Palestinians including a child were shot in the head by Israeli soldiers in separate incidents in the southern Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run territory's health ministry said, the latest deaths in the long-running conflict.
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| Burger chain apologises for using image of photojournalist beheaded by Isis in latest advert Posted: 28 Jul 2018 11:53 AM PDT  Z-Burger had put an image of slain reporter James Foley, who was captured by Isis in 2012 while covering the conflict in Syria. Chain owner Peter Tabibian took the tweet down and said in a statement: "An apology has been sent to some of you from a contracted marketing company over an unfortunate incident, a post in very poor taste that was not approved by me before being uploaded to our Twitter account". On 21 July the company's Twitter account posted an advertisement with an image of Mr Foley wearing an orange jumpsuit and kneeling facing the camera with a member of Isis wearing a full mask over their face.
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| The Tesla Model 3 Makes Me Wonder About the Future Posted: 29 Jul 2018 10:30 AM PDT  Tesla's small sport sedan isn't perfect, but it's undeniably a milestone.
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| New Ford Focus Looks The Way It Does Because Of China Posted: 28 Jul 2018 11:00 AM PDT  China wanted wider doors, so Ford complied.
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